W20 Erickson - Art History 312: Art of Japan

The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
Ogata Kōrin
Hotei
ink and light color on paper
8 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in (21.3 cm x 22.5 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Hiroshi Yoshida
Yoshikawa
color woodblock print on paper
10 5/8 in. x 15 7/8 in. ( 27 cm x 40.3 cm )
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Haugh
A color woodblock print of a young woman hanging a paper with poem on a cherry tree. The woman is in a kimono with intricate design of cherry blossom, hemp leaves, birds and swirls, pine trees and diamond patterns. She also wears broad obi (sash) in checkerboard patterns, which is bow- tied on her back. There is also a white sash underneath the obi, which supports her long kimono. Her hair is tied on the back and adorn with tortoise-shell comb and pin. The cherry tree is in full bloom; there is a curtain with a family crest behind the woman and the tree; a certain kind of platform with swirling vine pattern is peaking below the curtain. The overall color scheme is in yellow, orange, black and white (the color of the paper). There are artist’s signature and two seals on the right bottom corner, and smaller seal on the left bottom corner.
Ishikawa Toyonobu
Hanging a Poem on a Cherry Tree
Urushi-e (color woodblock print) on paper
23 3/8 in. x 17 3/8 in. ( 58.42 cm x 43.18 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Hirano Hakuhô
Woman Before a Mirror
color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size
17 7/8 in x 10 1/2 in (45.4 cm x 26.67 cm);28 in x 22 in (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
A plump sparrow is perching on a bamboo branch, which is bending from the main branch on the left side of the painting. The bamboo has young and mature leaves. The background is left as blank. The mounting is made of creamy silk brocade with blue green silk brocade strips. Brown brocade pieces are pasted on the top and the bottom of the mounting. There is a seal in red ink on the left corner. Wrinkles on the top and right lower side of the bid; some smaller worm holes and one large hole underneath the bird, but all repaired.
Kanō Gyokuraku
Sparrow on a Bamboo Branch
ink on paper
11 5/8 in x 13 7/8 in (29.53 cm x 35.24 cm);2 3/4 in x 22 1/16 in x 3 1/8 in (6.99 cm x 56.04 cm x 7.94 cm);11 5/8 in x 13 7/8 in (29.53 cm x 35.24 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
A village by a lake is shown in the snow. Several travelers are walking in the streets. The snow is steadily fallling and covers their hats, the roofs of the houses, the trees and the mountains. The title is in the upper right corner in a red box.
Utagawa Hiroshige
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tate-e Edition): #38 Fujikawa
full color woodblock print (nishiki e)
13 7/16 in x 9 in (34.13 cm x 22.86 cm);13 7/8 in x 9 1/4 in (35.24 cm x 23.5 cm);19 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
The print depicts a fisherman standing on a seaside cliff perfoming loneline fishing. There are great waves below him striking the cliff and there is a mountain in the background. The print mainly applies the color of white and shades of blue. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper left-hand corner.
Katsushika Hokusai
A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
9 15/16 in. x 14 15/16 in. ( 25.2 cm x 37.9 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
This piece depicts boats decorated with lanterns, the evening sky and festivities.  The shore is lined with teahouses set up for the event. The title for the print is located in the upper right corner in a red box.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces: #9 The Tennô Festival at Tsushima in Owari Province
color woodblock print on paper
14 1/4 in x 9 13/16 in (36.2 cm x 24.92 cm);13 9/16 in x 9 3/16 in (34.45 cm x 23.34 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Hiroshi Yoshida
Sankei En Park
color woodblock print on paper
16 1/16 in. x 9 5/8 in. ( 40.8 cm x 24.4 cm )
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Haugh
Hiroshi Yoshida
Temple in the Wood
color woodblock print on paper
15 11/16 in. x 10 1/2 in. ( 39.9 cm x 26.6 cm )
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
&quot;Rosetsu uses the wisteria tree to frame the painting and to create two separate planes, the foreground and the background. While doing this, he does not paint a very prominent background, thus making the foreground landscape more important and the focal point of the painting...The sinewy shape of the wisteria dominates the painting. There appear to be two separate trunks rooted to a small sliver of land pictured at the left side of the image. These trunks merge into one stem, forming a curve that snugly holds the monkey&rsquo;s body. The branch continues upward, disappearing at one point until it reappears, winding around the right side of the painting. Rosetsu uses a dark ink to create the trunk and branches of the wisteria, and there does not appear to be any indication of shading or altering the color to appear lighter. This darkening is especially noticeable compared to the stark, white flowers at the top of the painting. Their stems are soft and wispy, as if they are floating in the air.&quot;<br /
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Monkey Seated on a Wisteria Branch
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
30 7/16 in. x 13 1/8 in. ( 77.3 cm x 33.3 cm )
Museum purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads: <br />         He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of <br />         Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the <br />         flowers are fully blown.<br />
Utagawa Hiroshige
Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
color woodblock print on paper
9 in x 13 11/16 in (22.86 cm x 34.77 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 5/16 in (36.51 cm x 49.05 cm);13 1/16 in x 17 1/2 in (33.18 cm x 44.45 cm);9 in x 13 11/16 in (22.86 cm x 34.77 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

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